postpartisanship

postpartisanship

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
English post-
English partisan
English postpartisan
Proto-Germanic *skapjaną
Proto-Germanic *-skapiz
Proto-West Germanic *-skapi
Old English -sċiepe
Middle English -schipe
English -ship
English postpartisanship

    From postpartisan + -ship.

    Noun

    postpartisanship (uncountable)

    1. The state or quality of being postpartisan
      • 2009 March 8, Matt Bai, “Yes, More Mr. Nice Guy”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        Not quite seven weeks into Barack Obama ’s presidency, the capital’s leading thinkers seem to agree that the era of postpartisanship is over.
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